Written questions
2,582 written questions tabled, most recent first.
27 Sep 2019 · Department for Education
Free Schools: Hampstead and Kilburn
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on the proposed Abacus Free School project in Hampstead and Kilburn constituency.
24 Sep 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Hacker House: Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, under (a) which scheme and (b) what criteria the company Hacker House Ltd was awarded a grant of £100,000 in January 2019.
6 Sep 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Food Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) food banks and (b) people receiving emergency food supplies from food banks throughout the UK.
4 Sep 2019 · Department for Exiting the European Union
Brexit: Cost Benefit Analysis
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will publish his Department's cost-benefit analysis of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
4 Sep 2019 · Cabinet Office
Brexit
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the results of the Government's stress testing of the effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
3 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Asthma: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure compliance with NICE guidelines on the treatment of asthma that require general practices to provide follow-up care to people who have received treatme
3 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Asthma: Death
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish his Department's responses to the publication of the three Regulation 28 (Prevention of Future Death) Reports on asthma deaths since 2015.
3 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Asthma: Death
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to implement the recommendations of the 2014 National Review of Asthma Deaths to reduce further avoidable deaths from asthma.
3 Sep 2019 · Department for Education
Free Schools: Hampstead and Kilburn
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on the proposed Abacus Free School project in Hampstead and Kilburn constituency.
22 Jul 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons the negotiations between the UK and Iran to secure the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe were halted.
22 Jul 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date discussions between his Department and its Iranian counterpart on the possible release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe were brought to a halt.
22 Jul 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish the transcripts of conversations between his Department and its Iranian counterpart on the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, referred to by the former Minister of Stat
16 Jul 2019 · Women and Equalities
Employment: Sexual Harassment
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to her Department's response to the Fifth Report from the Women and Equalities Committee, Sexual harassment in the workplace, HC725, what progress her Department has made on collating data on t
15 Jul 2019 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Early Years Alliance Minds Matter survey, published 2018; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce the stress and workload burden
15 Jul 2019 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment he has made of the opening and closing rates of childcare settings in (a) wealthy areas and (b) disadvantaged areas.
15 Jul 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of enabling childcare costs to be paid directly to providers through universal credit.
15 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Department is taking to support local authorities to provide business rate relief to private childcare providers.
15 Jul 2019 · Treasury
Children: Day Care
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of appropriateness of the level of business rates for private childcare providers; and if he will make a statement.
15 Jul 2019 · Treasury
Children: Day Care
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of funding for the 30 hours' childcare policy for three- and four-year-olds.
11 Jul 2019 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of the (a) opening and (b) closure of childcare settings in (a) affluent and (b) disadvantaged areas.
11 Jul 2019 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of (a) recruitment and (b) retention in the childcare sector in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
11 Jul 2019 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the APPG for Childcare and Early Education July 2019 report entitled Steps to Sustainability; and if he will make a statement.
11 Jul 2019 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will maintain Government funding for the 30-hours childcare policy.
11 Jul 2019 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor for the Exchequer on increasing funding for early years education in the forthcoming spending review.
8 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tenants: Forfeiture
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the use of forfeiture against tenants.
4 Jul 2019 · Home Office
Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the Government plans to publish its formal response to the public consultation on a new legal duty to support multi-agency action to tackle serious violence.
19 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ban the use of highly combustible material in the balconies of blocks of flats.
14 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will provide additional funding to replace highly combustible material on balconies of blocks of flats.
14 Jun 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Foreign and Commonwealth Office: International Military Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date the last official from his Department ended their secondment to IMS Ltd.
12 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport
Railways: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has assessed the potential merits of encouraging rail companies to enable all-day travel on senior rail cards and freedom passes to reduce the cost of travel for older people who have chi
Source: official written-questions record.